BILL NUMBER: SCR 35	CHAPTERED  06/02/99

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   45
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JUNE 2, 1999
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   MAY 27, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 25, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 25, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 20, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Monteith, Alpert, Baca, Bowen, Brulte,
Burton, Chesbro, Dunn, Figueroa, Haynes, Hughes, Johannessen,
Johnson, Johnston, Karnette, Kelley, Knight, Leslie, Lewis,
McPherson, Mountjoy, O'Connell, Ortiz, Peace, Perata, Polanco,
Poochigian, Rainey, Sher, Solis, Speier, and Wright
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Cardoza, Aanestad, Ackerman,
Alquist, Aroner, Ashburn, Bates, Battin, Bock, Briggs, Calderon,
Cardenas, Cedillo, Corbett, Correa, Cunneen, Davis, Dickerson,
Ducheny, Dutra, Firebaugh, Frusetta, Gallegos, Granlund, Havice,
Honda, House, Jackson, Keeley, Knox, Kuehl, Leach, Lempert, Leonard,
Longville, Lowenthal, Machado, Maddox, Maldonado, Margett,
McClintock, Migden, Nakano, Olberg, Oller, Robert Pacheco, Rod
Pacheco, Pescetti, Reyes, Romero, Runner, Scott, Shelley, Steinberg,
Strickland, Thompson, Thomson, Torlakson, Villaraigosa, Vincent,
Washington, Wayne, Wesson, Wildman, Wright, and Zettel)

                        MAY 17, 1999

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 35--Relative to the Remembrance
Memorial for California Korean War Veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 35, Monteith.  Remembrance Memorial for California Korean War
Veterans.
   This measure would honor the Remembrance Memorial for California
Korean War Veterans located in the San Joaquin Valley National
Cemetery.




   WHEREAS, In 1993, Ron Jabaut contacted the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs requesting permission to erect the
Remembrance Memorial for California Korean War Veterans in honor of
the 2,495 men and women from California who died in the Korean
Conflict; and
   WHEREAS, Many supporters of the memorial formed a committee, which
launched an aggressive five-year public campaign to generate support
among California's American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars
posts, the "Chosin Few," and "1st Marine Division" associations, as
well as the citizens of the state; and
   WHEREAS, The committee's efforts resulted in providing the
necessary financial support and resources by thousands of
Californians and many Korean-based corporations for the memorial's
completion; and
   WHEREAS, Upon the United States Department of Veterans Affairs'
approval of the memorial's final design by Edwin Bruce, ground
breaking and construction was begun in July of 1998 within the San
Joaquin Valley National Cemetery in Gustine, and was remarkably
completed by California-based contractors within one month; and
   WHEREAS, The memorial is a simple, dignified design, composed of
indigenous stone, including California white granite, with 16 panels
engraved with the names of the 2,495 men and women who died in their
country's service; and
   WHEREAS, The Remembrance Memorial for California Korean War
Veterans was dedicated on August 1, 1998, thereby commemorating the
ultimate sacrifice of those Californians who fell in the line of duty
during the Korean Conflict; and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate to recognize the efforts of Ron Jabaut
and veterans throughout the state in erecting this memorial on behalf
of those who died, so those veterans will never be forgotten; and
   WHEREAS, It is important to draw the attention of Californians to
the presence of this grand memorial in the San Joaquin Valley
National Cemetery in Gustine; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby honors the
Remembrance Memorial for California Korean War Veterans located in
the San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery; and be it further
   Resolved, The Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
